Former Cabinet minister Lord Pickles has apologised for getting the number of people who died in the Grenfell Tower fire wrong while giving evidence to the inquiry into the disaster.
The Grenfell United campaign group, which represents many bereaved, survivors and residents, said at the time Lord Pickles' "disrespect" had left members speechless.the inquiry's senior counsel should speed up as he had meetings planned for the afternoon.
Elsewhere, he said he took full responsibility for any failures in the housing department, which he led in the years of the Cameron coalition government between 2010 and 2015. Lawyer Imran Khan, representing a group of victims, said the council's response "exacerbated what was already a dire situation, and was severely damaging to the lives of our clients, even until today".